- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (1 video file (31 min., 3 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Politician Charles A. Hayes was born on February 17, 1918 in Cairo, Illinois. He graduated from Cairo's Sumner High School in 1935. Hayes was a life-long union worker, founding the United Packinghouse Workers of America. He became vice president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. Hayes served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, elected to a seat previously held by Chicago Mayor Harold Washington. Hayes served from 1983 to 1993, representing Illinois' first district. He authored the School Improvement Act of 1987 and the Economic Bill of Rights which outlined a plan for equal distribution of national wealth. Hayes was an active member of Congress' Education and Labor Committee. Hayes was one of the founding members of Operation PUSH with Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. He worked with Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Hayes passed away on April 8, 1997 at age 79.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with The Honorable Charles Hayes
- The Honorable Charles Hayes
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Frank Haynes.
- OCLC
- 997164451
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with The Honorable Charles Hayes.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
003103
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Frank Haynes.
- Event
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 1993 January 25.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Labor Leader U.S. Congressman.
- Added Author
Hayes, Charles A., 1918-1997, interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Haynes, Frank, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.